Bed-end holder



June 11, 1929. gmc g 1,717,306

' BED END 301mm Filed Apri1- 4, 1928 Jrzzrckzer INVENT' a WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented June 11, 1929. 1 I

UNITED STA'TES'PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT J. BIRCHLER, OF SPRINGEIELD, MISSOURI.

BED-END HOLDER.

Application filed April 4, 1928. Serial No. 267,310.

This invention relates to a holder for passes through the clamp 5 and through the various articles, such as the ends of beds, for opening 8 in the end 7 and has a hooked end supporting such articles while the same are 12 for engaging one of the pins 13 in the bedbeing painted or otherwise treated and the 1 post, the outer end of the bolt having a thumb device can also be used to hold articles in nut 14 thereon so that when the nut is tightshow windows and the like. ened, the hooked end, engaging the pin, Will This invention also consists in certain press the post against the tongues 9 with the other features of construction and in the tongues 10 engaging the opening in the post. combination and arrangement of the several The base is provided with a pin 15 which is 10 parts, to be hereinafter :lully described, illusadapted to receive the hole in the lower end trated in the accompanying drawings and. of the post which is designed to receive the 0 specifically pointed out in the appended caster wheel of the post.

claim. Thus I have provided simplemeans for In describing my invention in detail, retholding an end of a bed in upright position 15 crence will be had to the accompanying so that it may be painted and by using two of drawings wherein like characters denote like these devices, one at each end of the bed end, or corresponding parts throughout the sevthe said end can be easily transported from eral views, and in which place to place or held in upright position in Figure 1 is an elevation of the device, showa show window or the like for display pur- 20 ing it in use as supporting an end of a bed. poses. By making the clamp 5 adjustable Figure 2 is a front view showing the slidon the upright, the device can be used with ing clamp on the upright. different sizes of bedposts.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig- It is thought from the foregoing descripure 1. tion that the advantages and novel features 2 In these views, the numeral 1 indicates a of my invention will be readily apparent.

base which is supported at each end by a caster It isv to be understood that I may make wheel 2. An upright 3 is carried by the base changes in the construction and in the comand this upright is formed with a longitudibination and arrrangement of the several nally extending slot 4. A split clamping parts, provided that such. changes fall with- 30 member 5 is slidably mounted on the upright, in the scope of the appended claim.

with its ends bent at rightangles and extend- VVhat I claim is I mg parallel to each other with theends con- A device of the class described comprising nected together by the bolts 6 so that by tighta base, an upright on the base having a longiening the thumb nuts on these bolts, the clamp tudinally extending slot therein, a clamp slidwillbeheldinadjustedposition onthe upright. ably mounted on the upright, means for hold- The end'Tis of considerable length and each end ing the clamp in adjusted position, one end of 5 is formed with a centrally arranged opening 8. the clamp being extended and formed with The extremity of each part of the end 7it tongues some of which are straight and others being understood that this end is formed in of which have their ends bent at rightangles, 40 two parts by the opening 8i s split to form the straight tongues entering a slot in the arthe tongues 9 and 10, the tongue 9 being bent ticle to be supported and the bent tongues enover at rightangles while the tongue 10 is gaging flat portions of the article, a bolt straight. One tongue 9 is bent in one direccarried by the clamp and passing through the tion and the other tongue 9 is bent in an opslot in the upright and having a hook-shaped posite direction, as clearly shown in Figure 2. end for engaging part oi? the article to be sup- The tongues 10 are adapted to enter the ported and caster wheels carried by the base. opening in the bedpost A which receives a In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. part on the side of the bed, while the tongues 9 engage one side of the post. A bolt 11 ALBERT' J. BIRCHLER. 

